First time mama sharing beautiful moments and real life parenting adventures.

Tag: Motherhood

…all the way to Zee. When we did our ante natal classes, one of the exercises they made us do was an A-Z of parenting. In a painfully reminiscent setting of enforced classroom activity we had to shout out words that we might put under each letter for birthing and post natal life. The only… Read More A, B, C…

As I lay on the floor of Esther’s nursery last night, somewhere half way between the cot and the door, not quite making my escape bid as planned, I instead spent some time laughing about/reminiscing on the ‘don’t move moments’. I’m sure every parent has had them. Where you think ‘whatever you do, don’t move’… Read More The ‘Don’t move’ moments

In less than a week our little girl will be one. So many people have said, “where did that year go?” It’s a question I’ve asked myself so many times. Being close to a year and also getting ready to work a few more hours have got me reflecting on Esther, who she is, how’s… Read More Reflecting on a year

A little run of awake times in the night is catching up on me at the minute and in the process of Esther getting older I’ve forgotten how important a good old nap is. That and the combination of a never ending to-do list means I have been choosing to do instead of rest. Note… Read More Those four pm naps though

Tonight was a rare treat of a night in all by myself [not counting the sleeping baby of course]! In my head this looked like a cup of hot chocolate with baileys in hand, pjs on, a blog post written and a book to get lost in. In reality it looked like hanging up washing,… Read More Bye bye baby

I wrote this post a couple of weeks ago when I was in the middle of a week that had been particularly full of ‘mum guilt’ and it wasn’t the nicest of places to be. Mum guilt is a concept I’m sure 100% of mums out there experience from time to time; I’m sure I… Read More #mumguilt

Esther is nine and a half months old now and as she was two weeks overdue it means that she’s now been out as long as she has been in. It feels like a monumental moment in her life and mine. I can’t believe how much life has changed in this time and how much… Read More 9 months in, 9 months out